BRITISH
BEEF - This farm on the outskirts of Herstmonceux, with Windmill
Hill in the background, produces milk and beef for Britain and export.
If we keep on extending our villages we will have no arable land left to
argue about.

WD/2015/0090/MAO
- CONDITION 35 LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELIED ON

35. This planning decision relates solely to the information contained within the application
form, the following plan(s) and (where appropriate) documents:

NOTE: Should alterations or amendments be required to the approved plans, it will be
necessary to apply either under Section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
for non-material alterations or Section 73 of the Act for minor material alterations. An
application must be made using the standard application forms and you should consult
with us, to establish the correct type of application to be made.

NOTE 1: This permission is subject to an agreement under Section 106 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990. STN1

NOTE 2: The developer is required to contact the Council as Street Naming & Numbering
Authority, in writing, enclosing a site layout plan and the commencement of work on site,
to agree a scheme of house/street naming and numbering, and for the allocation of
postcodes. Please contact the NLPG Officer, IT Department, at the above address.
STN8

NOTE 3: The existing public right(s) of way across the site must remain undisturbed and
unobstructed unless or until legally stopped up or diverted prior to the commencement of
any of the development hereby permitted. The alignment of any public right of way
should be protected throughout the course of development by being clearly demarcated,
signed, surfaced or fenced as may be necessary. STN10

NOTE 4: A formal application for connection to the public sewerage system is required in
order to serve this development. For further advice, please contact:

Atkins Ltd,
St James House
39A Southgate Street
Winchester
SO23 9EH

NOTE 5: In determining this planning application, the Council has had regard to the
requirement to negotiate both positively and pro-actively with the applicant, in line with
the guidance at paragraph 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework, and as set
out in the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England)
Order 2015.

NOTE: Your attention is drawn to the requirements of the Building Act 1984 for the
deposit of Plans under the Building Regulations and associated legislation.
ACCESS FOR FIRE BRIGADE: Your attention is hereby drawn to the provisions
of Section 35 of the East Sussex Act 1981.

DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS: It is advised that under The Town and Country
Planning Act 1990, the Council has up to 8 weeks from the date of an application
to discharge any condition(s) and advise the applicant of the Council’s decision.
This information should be submitted using the ‘Approval of Details Reserved by
Condition’ Form which can be downloaded from the Council’s website. Please
note there is also a fee payable for this type of application.

LATIMER,
THAKEHAM, CLARION (GROUP) - LIST OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT

Peter
Rawlinson - Gleeson Strategic Land

Ben
Rainbow - Arboricultural & Biodiversity Officer

Steve Tuhey
- Managing Director, Thakeham Client

Richard White, Director of Land and Planning at Latimer
& Clarion Housing Group

HERSTMONCEUX
ACTION GROUP

There
has never been an action group representing the interests of so many
residents in this peaceful Sussex backwater. To date, planning battles
have been contained, such that local people were content to let neighbours
object to smaller residential developments.

This
all changed when a former estate agent, Tim
Watson, was seen surveying Lime Cross and
speaking to neighbours about his intention (or the intention of family
members) to apply for planning consent for upwards of 70 houses, where for
many years Wealden District
Council and the Parish
Council have been saying there should be no development. Then an
opportunity for a windfall £17 million pounds reared its head. We think
it speaks mountains that the Parish Council simply redrew the development
boundaries to accommodate such a development. It's a 'U' turn with money
at the root of the deal. Who then stands to profit. Not the villagers who
are all opposed to the plan. The villagers do not want 140 extra houses in
Herstmonceux, and that is what will happen if 70 additional houses are
built on the field at Lime Cross. We'd like to see some new faces on the
Parish Council. Some people who will truly represent the wishes of the
people and not the interests of those related to local builders.

This
application is not only contrary to Wealden's Local Plan, but is considered by
many to be downright dangerous without the appropriate visibility
splay. The A271 is a narrow country road that is
already overloaded - with many traffic jams in the village high street
causing motorists serious delays on occasion. The increase in traffic from
a dense residential development at this location is nothing short of
madness.

ORIGINAL
SITE PLAN - You
may have noticed that there are only forty-nine units shown on the above
site plan - and it is still crowded. It is unclear from this plan if some
of the plots shown are garages adjacent to a house. It is therefore open
to interpretation. The real problem is that the village of Herstmonceux
does need more affordable housing. Gratefully, there are other sites that
are far more appropriate, and will not pose injury to a site of
considerable local historic interest. This field is way outside the
village development boundary. See the official boundary below.

AFFORDABILITY
STATEMENT & CAPITALIST MORALS - OR POLICY FRAUD

It
is because Council's have been dragging their heels so much and not
planning for new housing that we are in this mess. It is not just Wealden,
it is ingrained in civil servants to apply rules to prevent development or
change. In this case the problem is so bad that central government has had
to direct them to change their attitudes. Fantastic, but why give locals
the job of developing (in effect) national policy in the first place.
National policy is what counts. Where do we need homes in the UK and what
elements of the countryside are essential to preserve. It's a balancing
act that local officials, with close ties to landowners should not be in a
position to profit from. Lord Nolan advised that no council officer should
spend more than 5 years in any one council, to prevent cosy relationships
forming, this being a trigger to corruption. The next question is, how
long have the Parish Council members been councillors?
The answer is a lot longer than that. The same applies to Charles Lant and
some of his merry crew, many of which bear a grudge and are vindictive in
private sessions but say all the right things in open session.

ACCIDENT
CHART - This map
is likely to change with more markers in the Herstmonceux area on the east
side of the village as the inadequate visibility splay gets to work
catching out unwary motorists and residents who have relied on Graham Kean
to do the right thing in ensuring their long term safety - rather than
giving the developers virtually free license to develop a site in spite of
the obvious limitations.

MORALLY
REPUGNANT

Any
development where the owners of land take advantage of - the at present - lack
of precision in local plans, and fail to observe the rules as to
affordable and sustainable development
goals, as per the United Nations
agendas, is in our view morally repugnant. They should be ashamed of
themselves as they spend their blood money, obtained by rape
of the rural
environment.

There
is a national shortage of affordable
homes, there is no shortage of
executive homes that are out of reach of young families.

High
rents and mortgages are every bit a chain around your neck as with
these poor fellows. What gives any human
the right to enslave another human being? The answer to that is the State.
When the State promotes policies and practices that, in effect, allow one
human to profit so hugely at the expense of others - then the State is to
blame.

LACKING
PRIVACY - Any houses built here will be overlooked by anyone using
Herstmonceux Museum. The reverse is also true. How will planners
overcome the loss of amenity for Herstmonceux Museum and ensure privacy
for houses in this field. Will it mean windows facing away from the
Museum? Would that not mean that the usual way of solar heating a house
would be prevented. Why? Because the view shown here is looking north,
hence, houses should be facing this way (towards the Museum) to capture
incoming sunshine. This is the view from the rear (balcony) of the
Museum towards the village.

COUNCIL
OFFICERS HAVING CONDUCT OF PLANNING MATTERS RELATING TO HERSTMONCEUX
MUSEUM

HMMMM
- Tearing up the green belt for a tidy little profit on windfall sites
across England is a harrowing experience for locals who moved to secluded
country locations to be at one with nature. Windfall indeed, huge sums of
money for property developers who have no qualms about raping the land for
personal gain. You may consider that to be immoral like so many other
people, but a lot of people turn to the dark side to feather their nests.

This
is another hole sunk just above the Museum, in line with the
water flow to the ancient well that Wealden seem to have forgotten is a
feature to be protected from water contamination. We wonder what the shareholders and other investors will
make of it when they discover in years to come that the controlling
minds of so many corporations banded together to try and get around
contamination - in other cases this is achieved with bogus reports.
We'll have to wait and see if that comes to pass in this case.
Wealden have a duty to protect the historic environment, a duty that
have failed to stand by in years gone by, spending enormous sums of
public money trying to hide the truth of the Generating Works complex.
Around £500,000 of taxpayer's money in fact.
In another landmark
drainage case they tried to prove that water flowed
uphill by erasing the levels on a map. Is this
more of the same?

BRITAIN'S
ARE (FOR THE MOST PART) SLAVES, CONTRARY TO THE POPULAR ANTHEM

Would
you buy a house built on green belt? Anyone purchasing homes in
Herstmonceux that destroys open spaces and harms historic interests
should be ashamed of themselves. Why encourage greedy property
developers to do the wrong thing, when by renting or buying in
appropriate development areas you are setting a good example in
sustainable terms. Herstmonceux lacks school spaces for additional
children, doctors and shops, meaning more carbon miles and global
warming.

The
houses proposed are not eco friendly, have no charging points for
electric vehicles and no energy generation or heat capture devices. They
are more of the same energy gobbling houses that fat-cat builders love,
because that is all they (appear) to understand. We await comment on
this and other matters from the Clarion
Housing Group Limited, Thakekam
Homes Limited and Latimer Developments Limited all partners to this
proposal. It is yet to be confirmed just who is doing what and when and
we look forward to receiving further information.

DRAINAGE
ISSUE - We've never seen a site with so many trenches dug and
boreholes sunk. The developers are proposing locating houses on the top
of a hill leading down to an ancient well that has been in use for over
115 years in its present capacity of providing drinking water to the
locality. Are they mad? These property (or those who drew up the
original proposals) magnates appear to have let the lure of profits go
to their heads. Water flows downhill chaps. This is a basic rule of
physics that no amount of smoke and mirrors can get around. Then there
is the fact that water is the most powerful solvent known to man. In
other words, any chemicals that comes from gardens or other DIY
concerning property in this location, will be dissolved and will leach
into the ancient well, potentially poisoning those who use that
facility.